IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

All of New Orleans without power as Ida pummels Louisiana

Live Blog / Ida latest

People walk on Bourbon Street during a city-wide power outage caused by Hurricane Ida in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2021.

02:34

msnbc

Flash flood threatens hundreds as levee fails in Louisiana

MONCEAUX
ERIC GAY / ASSOCIATED PRESS

lessons from katrina

Louisiana was abandoned during Katrina. It’s happening again.

hurricane ida's destructive path

TOP VIDEOS

05:34

Biden honors U.S. service members killed in Kabul attack

04:04

U.S. forces strike ISIS-K target which posed 'imminent threat' to Kabul's airport

Medical staff move a Covid-19 patient who died to a loading dock to hand off to a funeral home van, at the Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, La., on Aug. 18, 2021.

05:49

Hospitals are packed with Covid patients as Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana

Congresswoman Cori Bush

06:03

Lobbying groups spent millions to halt eviction moratorium. They all share this in common.

Protesters rally to demand protection for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington on Aug. 28, 2021.

07:56

Voting rights marches take place in over 100 cities across America

R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Sept. 17, 2019, in Chicago.

04:47

R. Kelly faces federal sex trafficking charges in court

Attorneys General Hold News Conference On Antitrust Investigation Into Large Tech Companies

06:59

How one deadly crash upended South Dakota's politics

Image: U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 21, 2021.

04:30

'I can't stomach watching feckless Republicans carping Biden after Kabul attack'

04:35

Auchincloss: It's 'hard to stomach' a foreign policy lecture from the party of Trump

Image: Michael Byrd

09:29

'I'm afraid': Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt opens up about life after Jan. 6

08:47

Why are police unions pushing back against vaccine mandates?

Image: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez appears on MSNBC, on Aug. 26, 2021

07:41

'Absolute and utter travesty': Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on deadly attack in Kabul

05:27

'They're fed up': Capitol police officers sue Trump over his role on Jan. 6

Image: Michael Byrd

07:16

Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt was Black. White supremacists won't forget that.

03:43

Afghan translator scaled barbed wire fence with children to evacuate from Kabul airport

06:52

Experts say this Supreme Court ruling is 'stunning, radical and terrifying'

Image: Small figurines in front of North Carolina district maps.

08:21

Holder: Why Republicans want to keep district maps away from the public

Image: U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 21, 2021.

04:30

'I can't stomach watching feckless Republicans carping Biden after Kabul attack'

MSNBC Daily

Understand today’s news
1
Photo illustration: Images of an aerial shot of suburban homes, a wildfire, car parked outside homes and a commuter train moving on an elevated track from right to left.
2
Image: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Pharr on June 30, 2021.

paging merriam-webster

Texas governor's bizarro Covid strategy offers revealing redefinition of 'freedom'

Charlie Sykes
3
Image: March on Washington, 1963

march on

America is at a crossroads. What we do next will shape our democracy for generations.

Rev. Al Sharpton
4
Image: Sidney Powell looks at Lin Wood as he speaks.

The Big Lie

Releasing 'the Kraken' has Trump's lawyers in big trouble

Barbara McQuade
5
Image: Joe Biden

Afghanistan Attack

Biden's Afghanistan speech revealed a surprising pivot in American foreign policy

Zeeshan Aleem
6
Image: Ron DeSantis

Florida on the frontlines

DeSantis' latest blow on masks proves he misread the people of Florida

Zeeshan Aleem
7
Photo illustration: Greg Abbott, Joe Biden speaking in front of the White House, the Capitol dome and Ron DeSantis.

go big or go home

We found the one thing Democrats and Republicans can get behind

Hayes Brown
8
Photo illustration: An image of migrants detained at the U.S. Mexico border juxtaposed by a sliver of an image showing the hands of seated Supreme Court members..

A SHAMEFUL LEGACY

Brace yourselves: Trump-appointed courts are doing exactly what he intended

Hayes Brown
9
Image: Rahm Emanuel

nope nope nope

Rahm Emanuel's potential new gig is offensive on so many levels

Chris Geidner

Like this content? Follow our rundown delivered daily right to your inbox

Subscribe to MSNBC Daily

Columnist Must Read

MaddowBlog

The Next 25

25 forward-looking essays on important issues from anchors, hosts and correspondents to mark MSNBC’s 25th anniversary

Illustration showing photos of a funeral for a Covid-19 victim and the riot at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
MSNBC; Getty Images

I served the GOP for 20 years. The demise of democracy doesn't have 'both sides.'

Illustration of air conditioners, trees on fire in California, and a temperature gauge showing over 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
MSNBC; Getty Images

America's next mass migration could be underway. You can thank air conditioning.

Illustration of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.
MSNBC; Getty Images

The last American election? 2020 and the rise of the anti-democrats

Illustration of voters waiting in line to cast ballots in 2020 and an American flag.
MSNBC; Getty Images

How white supremacists are trying to fight the 'American evolution'

Illustration of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough
MSNBC

America's new reality can feel frightening. Here's why I'm still optimistic.

Illustration of former Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump
MSNBC; Getty Images

Meeting Bush taught me a lot about the presidency. So did watching Trump.

Illustration of MSNBC host Brian Williams.
MSNBC; Getty Images

The call that changed my career — and the future of cable news

Illustration of the Democratic Donkey and Republican Elephant facing one another
MSNBC; Getty Images

How America's two-party system stands in the way of a true democracy

Illustration of MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell with Daniel Patrick Moynihan
MSNBC; Getty Images

The GOP's ride back to reality will speed up with every presidential election they lose

Illustration of MSNBC host Katy Tur and a photo of a mother kissing her daughter.
MSNBC; Getty Images

America's paid family leave situation is a scandal — and frankly insane

Illustration shows photos of the Wall Street Stock Exchange floor in the 1990s and of a man at a cryptocurrency mine.
MSNBC; Getty Images

Why Wall Street's big guy has continued to win — big time

Illustration of a young child behind the border fence separating the U.S. and Mexico and a group of migrants crossing the border fence.
MSNBC; Redux; AP

Trump is gone, but the cruel legacy of America's immigration crisis remains

Illustration of the Supreme Court.
MSNBC; Getty Images

Can America's least democratic institution continue to protect democracy?

Illustration of photos of children at daycare during the Covid-19 pandemic.
MSNBC; Getty Images

The future of child care is the future of America. Covid proved it.

Illustration of a waiter wearing a mask carrying food and drinks at a restaurant and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
MSNBC; Getty Images; AP

The system has never been more rigged against American workers. Here's the good news.

Illustration of Senator Carol Moseley Braun, Black women voters in Georgia, and Vice President Kamala Harris.
MSNBC; Getty Images

Much has changed in America in 25 years. Too much has not.

Illustration of photos of Bernie Sanders supporters, Donald Trump supporters, and buttons for Joe Biden.
MSNBC; Getty Images

Why Trump's rebranded form of populism may have a silver lining — for Democrats

Illustration of MSNBC host Joshua Johnson and a MSNBC newsroom in 1996.
MSNBC; Getty Images

It's easy to be cynical about cable TV. Here's why I'm still excited to come to work.

Illustration of Central American migrants crossing a river and a Syrian refugee mother and children.
MSNBC; Getty Images

2020 was one of the most disruptive years in history. 2021 is testing us on another level.

Illustration of MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski and a photo from the Women's March.
MSNBC; Getty Images

Why gender equality is more than a right

Illustration of photos that show the toppling of a statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and a fire following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip in 2021, and U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
MSNBC; Getty Images

Peace in the Middle East may have to happen without America

Illustration of MSNBC host Al Sharpton and a Black Lives Matter protest,
MSNBC; Getty Images

Here's how to achieve true justice in America (and what that means)

Illustration of a photo of two young Afghan girls at school and of a woman saying the Pledge of Allegiance at a citizenship ceremony.
MSNBC; Getty Images

The memories that haunt me from Kabul in 1998 may soon be a reality, again

Illustration of American troops in Afghanistan and a wounded veteran's prosthetic arm being held by a doctor.
MSNBC; Getty Images

America must learn to fight for its veterans as hard as they do for us

Illustration of Trymaine Lee and Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.
MSNBC; Getty Images

How to recognize America's greatest sins — and repay its greatest debts

Illustration of photos of former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump
MSNBC; Getty Images

The dramatic rise of America's nationalized political culture

Shows

Rachel Maddow
Morning Joe
Deadline White House
11th Hour
Join The 11th Hour Brian Williams’ community for unique news and commentary from Brian Williams. Watch MSNBC 11th Hour with Brian Williams videos now.
VIEW
MTP Daily
The Beat
The ReidOut
Joy Reid of MSNBC hosts "The ReidOut" with interviews with politicians and newsmakers. Joy Reid shares the news with experience on race, justice & culture.
VIEW
All In
The Last Word